Coverage workflow (arl/statsviz)

The Coverage workflow from arl/statsviz, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Coverage workflow from the arl/statsviz repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

on: [pull_request]
name: Coverage
jobs:
  coverage:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version-file: go.mod
      - run: go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt
      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
        with:
          fail_ci_if_error: false
          files: coverage.txt
          name: codecov-umbrella
          verbose: true

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

on: [pull_request]
name: Coverage
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  coverage:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version-file: go.mod
      - run: go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt
      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
        with:
          fail_ci_if_error: false
          files: coverage.txt
          name: codecov-umbrella
          verbose: true
 

What changed

• Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow